Beautiful Thing
PLAYWRIGHT
Jonathan Harvey
DIRECTOR
David Crowe
April 29 – June 5, 2002
Gut-busting, in-your-face comedy!



SYNOPSIS
Jamie and Ste (short for Steve) are teenage neighbors in a
working-class housing project in London. Jamie is bookish and
shy while Ste is more athletic. Neither one has an ideal home life:
Jamie’s mother Sandra is bitter over her financial situation and
her romantic life, but she’s willing to settle for a bloke named Tony
and cover up her disappointment with scathing humor; Ste’s
father and brother abuse him in the form of escalating domestic
squabbles and actual beatings. After one such fight, Ste asks
Sandra if he can stay at her house and she lets him and Jamie
bunk together.
As their friendship grows, Jamie begins to realize he has stronger
feelings for Ste, and one night, after Ste suffers a particularly bad
beating, the two boys decide to experiment together. Both
realizing they’re gay, Ste and Jamie begin a tentative relationship.
Soon, Sandra hears the rumor that her son’s gay, and knowing
that he’s been having trouble in school, she confronts him and he
admits the truth. Ste and Jamie’s friend, Leah, is also in on the
secret and she’s supportive of them, probably because of her
own outsider status as a Mama Cass worshipper. The play ends
with the two boys feeling less alone in the world than before; they
have each other, and even the bickering Sandra and Leah call a
truce and accompany the boys in a slow dance for all their
neighbors to see.
“ALL THE MORE POWERFUL FOR BEING SO FEARLESSLY UNPREDICTABLE.”
– Los Angeles TIMES
“SEARING AND SENSATIONALLY FUNNY!”
– New York Times
“EXPLOSIVE. INSANELY ENTERTAINING AND COMPLETELY ENGAGING.”
– New York Magazine
Cast & Creative Team
Brian Crawford
Steve
CLifton Guterman
Jamie
Aprylle Ross
Leah

Caleb Clark
Actor five

COREY J. FINLEY
PETER UNDERSTUDY

ABBEY KINCHELOE
LYDIA UNDERSTUDY

JESSE SMITH
COACH UNDERSTUDY
PLAYWRIGHT
Jonathan Harvey
DIRECTOR
David Crowe
SCENIC DESIGNER
Rochelle Barker
LIGHTING DESIGNER
BRIDGET BEIER
COSTUME DESIGNER
SYDNEY ROBERTS
Sound Designer
JILLL MELANCON
PROPERTIES DESIGNER/ SET DECORATOR
NICK BATTAGLIA
Stage Manager
Joan Foster McMarty
INTIMACY CHOREOGRAPHER
ASH ANDERSON
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
WHITNEY NELSON
Stage Manager
Joan Foster McMarty
PRODUCTION MANAGER
SEAMUS M. BOURNE
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
D. CONNOR MCVEY
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
ENGLISH BRACKETT
PRODUCTION ELECTRICIAN
TOM PRIESTER
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
ELIZA CRAFT
CASTING DIRECTOR
SHEILA OLIVER
CASTING ASSOCIATE
JUSTIN KALIN
CHARGE SCENIC ARTIST
AMANDA NERBY
WIG DESIGNER
LAMONT SAMUELS
RUNNING TIME
Two hours with one intermission
CONTENT ADVISORY
Audience Advisory: This production contains full nudity, strong adult language and descriptions and depictions of sensitive and intense issues and situations. For more detailed information about potential trigger warnings, please click HERE
SEATING
There is open seating for this production.
PERFORMANCES
Previews
May 12 & 13 at 8 pm
Opening Night
May 14 at 8 pm
Regular Performances
May 14 – June 12, 2022
Wednesdays – Saturdays at 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm
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